Sorry if I repeat myself here, I just really want to try and get a point across.
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 10:38 -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > >---2 "building with a cross-compiler is wrong, > > I think one big problem is that, while OE is a meta-distribution, > many people seem to think of it as build system, i.e., "make" > becomes "bitbake". OE *is* a build system and an integration tool too. The problem is people think its a development environment too and whilst you can use it for that (I do), there are now easier ways. > All the overhead of OE probably makes perfect sense for a > distribution maker who can devote major resources into the care > and feeding of OE, but for more casual users, it's a nightmare. OE is needed to generate packages, images, toolchains, SDKs and this is what its good at and designed for. If an end user wants to rebuild an image from source, hand them a build system. If the end user wants to develop an app, hand them a development environment like the Poky SDK, anjuta IDE etc. Use the right tool for the right job! Cheers, Richard
